Advertising with Facebook (Coursera)

Offered by Facebook,
Advertising with Facebook (Coursera)

This course will establish you as an expert in Facebook Ads Manager. Learn how to structure campaigns in Ads Manager by selecting ad objectives, target audience, budget, and placement that fit your unique goals. Learn to create and manage ads across Facebook and Instagram and evaluate and optimize the results of your Ads Manager campaigns. You will end the course by creating an actual ad campaign in Facebook Ads Manager to expand not only your knowledge, but your social media marketing portfolio.

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At the end of this course, you’ll take the Facebook Digital Marketing Associate Certification exam.
By the end of this course, you will be able to:
• Structure campaigns in Facebook Ads Manager
• Identify the major components and elements of an ad in Facebook Ads Manager
• Build an ad that aligns with your marketing objectives and target it to your intended audience
• Set a budget, placement, and schedule for your ads in Facebook Ads Manager
• Edit and troubleshoot your ads in Facebook Ads Manager
• Take the exam for Facebook's Digital Marketing Associate Certification
This course is intended for people who want to learn how to use Facebook Ads Manager to create, manage and optimize campaigns on Facebook and Instagram and receive the Facebook Digital Marketing Associate Certification. Learners don't need marketing experience, but they have basic internet navigation skills and are eager to participate and connect in social media. Having a Facebook or Instagram account helps and ideally learners have already completed the four previous courses in this program.
What You Will Learn

  • Structure campaigns in Facebook Ads Manager
  • Build an ad that aligns with your marketing objectives and target it to your intended audience
  • Set a budget, placement, and schedule for your ads in Facebook Ads Manager
  • Become certified as a Facebook Digital Marketing Associate

Course 4 of 5 in the Facebook Social Media Marketing Professional Certificate

Syllabus

WEEK 1
First Steps in Facebook Ads Manager
In this first week, you’ll learn how advertising on Facebook and Instagram with Ads Manager works. You’ll learn how to structure an ad campaign in Ads Manager and you’ll learn how Facebook charges for ads and where ads are shown.

WEEK 2
Determine Your Campaign Objective and Budget
In the second week of this course, you’ll learn how to match your marketing goals to the right Facebook campaign objective. You’ll also learn how to determine the budget for your campaign and how to set your budget and choose your bidding strategies in Ads Manager.

WEEK 3
Select Your Audience, Platforms and Schedule
In this week, you’ll learn how to select the audience for your ad campaign and how to use the Facebook pixel to create custom or lookalike audiences. You’ll also learn how to choose placements and schedule your ads in Ads Manager.

WEEK 4
Create Your Ads and Evaluate Your Campaign Results
This week, you’ll learn how to create your ads, including selecting images or videos and creating the accompanying copy. You’ll also learn how to evaluate your campaign results in Ads Manager.

WEEK 5
Build Your Own Campaign in Facebook Ads Manager
Finally, you’ll learn to build your own campaign in Facebook Ads Manager in a hands-on project.

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